Skill Letts
VIEWS , VOICE & WAYS OF SKILLS
An in house journal of Additional Skill Acquisition Programme
EMPLOYABILITY STUDY – AN ANALYSIS
Saleena K ( Head Research & Documentation )
Additional Skill Acquisition Programme ( ASAP ) target towards tackling the issue of low employability among youth in Kerala , by imparting Communicative English , Basic Information Technology and Industry relevant skill training to the selected students of Government and Aided Higher Secondary Schools and Under Graduate Arts and Science Colleges .
In order to find out the impact of ASAP intervention
Employability refers to the capacity and on employability of ASAP students ASAP has conducted an assessment for the ASAP students of 2014-15 tive for the labour market , by reacting
willingness of workers to remain attrac-
and Non ASAP students who are shortlisted to ASAP to and anticipating changes in task and but not got admission to ASAP during that period . work environment , facilitated by Human resource development instruments available to them --- ILO definition The test was administered on a total of 6681 students of which 4206 ASAP and 2475 non ASAP students with the help of Price Waterhouse Coopers ( PWC ) using Aspiring Minds to use their product AMCAT to carry out the assessments . The test was conducted for the students of 30 courses and analysis was done for 24 courses .
Each candidate was assessed on both generic as well as domain specific skills . The generic skills included English Comprehension , Information Gathering and Synthesis and Quantitative Ability . The domain specific skills checked for the aptitude of the candidate to perform the job in the respective sectors . The personality profile of the candidate was also gauged using a psychometric personality tool . Employability Index of each candidate , mean score analysis , shortlist rate and skill gap analysis are calculated . Also each candidate was classified as whether qualified for the job that he / she could pursue after the respective course , In order to qualify for the job , the candidate had to clear a minimum threshold cut off in each test .
The key findings of the study are :
ASAP students are seen to have outperformed than non ASAP in all courses except in Certificate Course in 3D Modelling and Texturing for Animation Film Making .
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